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autonymy

autonymy noun: the use of a symbol as a name for itself.

Noun

autonymy (uncountable)

  1. The use of a symbol as a name for itself.

Origin of autonymy

From auto- + -onymy.

Questions about autonymy

What does autonymy mean?
Autonymy means the use of a symbol as a name for itself.
What part of speech is autonymy?
Autonymy is a noun.

Words near autonymy in the dictionary

  1. autonymic
  2. autonymically
  3. autonymous
  4. autonymously
  5. autonyms
  6. autonymy
  7. autooxidation
  8. autooxidations
  9. autooxidative
  10. autooxidatively
  11. autooxidizable

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